Great coin @ro1974 The ONLY Aegis that I have (or can find in my database) Pontos Amisos Gorgon Aegis-Nike AE21
Anyone hear that sound? I guess that's my way of saying I ain't got any. Nice OP coin though. Got to love Trajan's portrait.
Two nice coins IMHO @ro1974 NERO AR Billon Tetradrachm OBVERSE: NERW KLAV KAIS SEB GER, radiate bust right, wearing aegis REVERSE: AVTOKPA, draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress, LIB to right, year 12 Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 65/6AD 10.8g, 28mm Köln 172-174; Curtis 36-54, Dattari 204, SGI 633, RPC 5289. DOMITIAN AE As OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head right, aegis at tip of bust REVERSE: MONETA AVGVSTI, S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae Struck at Rome, 85AD 11.7g, 27mm RIC 384 TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right with aegis REVERSE: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing front with spear & shield Struck at Rome, 106-111 AD 3.2g, 18mm RIC 162, C 378
I was inspired by @stevex6 to get one of these. It is from the scarce Komana mint, and it is a very nice example, making this a perfect example of the type. This is another Ex. Guy Clark coin.
and yet another Trajan denarius with aegis: RIC II Trajan 183; 18 mm, 3.17 g; Obverse:IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder Reverse: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI Genius, chlamys around waist, standing left by altar, holding patera in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.
Bactrians had the best. Indo-Greek, Menander I (165-135 BC), drachm 16mm Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Menander with an aegis over his shoulder. Rev: (Kharosthi inscription Mauharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa; “The Savior King Menander”); Athena with an aegis over her arm. This coin is a Wikipedia image at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_I (retrieved March 11, 2018)
And here's Minerva wearing her aegis: Domitian, AD 81-96. Roman AR denarius, 3.43 g, 18 mm. Rome, AD 91. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR XI (error; should read TR P XI), laureate head, right. Rev: IMP XII COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva advancing right, brandishing a javelin and holding a shield. Refs: RIC 156; RIC² 724; BMCRE p. 336, note; Cohen 269; RCV --.
I've shown this one before but here it is again RPC II 1978 Domitian tetradrachm ETOYΣ NEOY IEPOY H (date, year 8) Laureate bust right, wearing aegis ETOYΣ NEOY IEPOY H (date; year 8) Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm frond to right. SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch, 88/89 AD 13.61g; 29 mm McAlee 398; Prieur 145; RPC II 1978. Ex-Zurqieh Wonderful style with fine detailed Aegis/Gorgon head
